Upon a nomination from Contemporary Art Curator, my personal art journey has been turned into a book. It is now available on
Amazon, as well as through global platforms such as
Barnes & Noble,
Blackwell’s, and
Booktopia.
❤️ MET WITH PEŤKA VLHOVÁ IN STUDIO ❤️
TEASER: Catch us on TV — airing near the end of 2025
A second that spoke louder than any spotlight ever could.
📰 CRITICS IN CONTEMPORARY ART CURATOR MAGAZINE
"In the contemporary art scene, where the fusion of disparate disciplines has become a norm yet often lacks depth, Alexandra Dyalee emerges as a singular figure, bridging the gap between mathematical formalism and emotive human expression. This ambitious and talented artist intertwines the rational language of mathematics with the ephemeral and fragile nature of human relationships, producing a body of work that is as intellectually provocative as it is emotionally resonant. Her creations stand as rare confluences of art, science, and personal philosophy, carved from her unique background as a mathematician, artist, and champion triathlete."
🗓️ January 23rd, 2025 — early evening at Times Square, New York
With the cooperation of the PLOGIX online gallery, paintings In Via (2021) and Numeri Nexum (2020) have been exhibited on a digital screen at Times Square.
BIO
Alexandra Dyalee (née Zavadská) is a Slovak athlete, mathematician, and artist whose work connects the fields of
sport, science, and art. A seven-time national champion in middle-distance running, she is currently pursuing a comeback to competitive
athletics while serving as a neurodivergent redactor for the television talk show A Talks on TV JOJ. In addition to her athletic and media work, she
has exhibited her artwork internationally and is recognized for her advocacy of neurodiversity and mental health.
I’ve always seen competition as something exciting and deeply stimulating—in the best sense of the word. Over the years, I’ve taken part in many, many events…
And I’m still eager for new challenges to come!
Let me walk you through them, category by category.
SCIENCE
I. Stage Diploma on a research project The Star-Spangled Path of Circular (not published yet), 2019, Russian Academy of Sciences
Nomination list for a panel conference Vernadsky National Contest held in Moscow, 2018, AMAVET
Per aspera ad astra (lat.) comity, 2019, Russian Academy of Sciences
Regional bronze medalist in Mathematical Olympiad A, 2018, SKMO (REG)
Regional winner of Festival of Science and Technics (diploma, category Mathematics), 2018, UNIZA
Progressed to the national round of Secondary Research Work in category Mathematics and Physics
Winner of the Festival of Science and Technics (diploma, category Mathematics), 2018, AMAVET
Certificate of attending conference Cognition and Artificial Life 2024
ART
Awarded with International Prize MICHELANGELO, the Genius of Italy
Awarded with International Prize PEGASUS for the Arts
Certificate of Artistic Merit acquired within the Luxembourg Art Prize, 2021, The Pinacothèque Museum
Certificate of Artistic Achievement acquired within the Luxembourg Art Prize, 2023, The Pinacothèque Museum
Invited to the academic trade Women Leaders of the Digital Age – Incubator for Ideas (issued by nomination), 2023, British Embassy Bratislava
Masterful Mind Certificate awarded within Artist of the Year Award, 2025, Circle Foundation for the Arts
TRIATHLON AND ATHLETICS
Sport competitions have a uniquely ♥ special ♥ place in my heart.
Over the years, they haven’t just shaped my physical abilities — they’ve taught me a great deal about life, perseverance, and identity.
Here are my very favourite personal bests:
PBs: 3000m – 10:01 | 1500m – 4:35
And here’s a selection of highlights from my career:
• I became an 8× National Champion in junior categories, running the 1500m, 3000m, and cross-country.
• Representing my university on the world stage, I earned silver and bronze medals in the 3000m at the World Inter-University Championships.
• I competed four times at the European Championships, in both cross-country and aquathlon — electrifying experiences that challenged and shaped me.
• Across disciplines, I’ve stood on the National Championships podium 19 times, from track distances (1500m–10,000m) to triathlon and aquathlon.
• In 2017, I proudly brought home a Triathlon Bronze and Aquathlon Silver from the National Cup series, still as a junior.
Even though performance sports can make us feel unstoppable, the truth is — our bodies are fragile at peak intensity. In 2019, I was forced to pause everything. I fell into a deep, endogenic depression, accompanied by panic attacks — and for a while, I had no choice but to step away.
The thing is, when your brain runs low on serotonin, it doesn’t just affect your mind. It disrupts your whole body — your sleep, appetite, energy levels, resilience, and even your ability to recover physically. That period tested me to the core – and in no way only as an athlete.
Since 2024, I’ve been doing everything I can to get back on track.
And after all it took, I’ll say this openly: A comeback is mentally far harder than competing ever was.
But I believe —
And I'll see you then at the championships.
HIGHLIGHTS GALLERY
MY STORY
My name is Alexandra Dyalee. I am a Slovak athlete, artist, mathematician, and neurodivergent woman reclaiming her place in the world — after soaring, crashing, and rising again.
RUNNING: FROM GLORY TO SILENCE — AND BACK AGAIN
I was 16 when I first wore the Slovak national kit. I had no idea how much pain and beauty the years ahead would carry.
My passion for running and triathlon began when I was 14 years old. I thought it might already be too late to start an
athletic career — but the love I felt was stronger than my fear. When I first stood on the starting block at a school
league race, I literally couldn't swim but felt something just so familiar in the act of actually competing. I became
obsessed.
Still, it took me some time to find the right discipline. Even though I won a medal in that league just a year later,
while still actually learning to swim properly, I didn’t feel I had a real shot at becoming a swimmer. In fact,
I wasn’t even offered a spot in a swimming club because my performances weren’t fast enough. But that rejection turned
out to be a perfect redirection.
I started to wonder whether I would be able to finish a triathlon. And when my stubborn personality combined with an
existential responsibility to find an answer to that question of a challenge, on May 1st, 2015, I began working with
coach Tomáš Jurkovič, who remained to be my coach and one of the best friends up to today. By August of that year, I had completed
my first sprint triathlon, where I placed 5th in the U18 group – it actually was a race of the National Cup series.
In the next month, remaining very motivated and passionate, I did another "experiment" – I ran a half-marathon, still
as a 15-year-old with zero experience, in 1:40.
And that was the moment when my journey as a runner truly began.
I WON MY FIRST NATIONALS
I got spotted by Milan Slivka, a coach from MKŠS AK KNM, who had worked with several national representatives. As we
started working together, a club fellow told me that I should definitely go to the national championships — that I would
win it. I was skeptical, yet very excited. I knew nothing about how strong the top girls in the country were and felt like
it would have to be a miracle for someone who had started with that very sport just a year ago to win. But deep inside,
it was my dream. I wanted to win it, despite still being a no-name kid.
In my first season with the athletics team, I got selected to compete at the Slovak Nationals. In fact, the expectations
in this team were high, and the work was real. I wasn't fully aware of the fact I was doing it on a peak performance level,
and I am not sure today whether I was ready for it mentally. Yet I showed up at the Championships, and —
I won it.
AND SUDDENLY, I WAS ON THE TEAM...
For a while, I couldn’t believe it. I felt like — and don’t get me wrong — a rising superstar. But just as I started to
process that I had become a national champion, the actual rollercoaster began. Running races were happening nearly every
weekend, yet at the same time, I was still deeply involved in triathlon. I literally began to live on the road, moving
from event to event.
In November 2016, I was at a triathlon training camp in Liptovský Ján when I took a train to Šamorín—heading to the
x-bionic® sphere to compete in my first cross-country nationals. In the U18 category, there were around forty girls on the
starting line. I already knew most of them, and I had a pretty good sense of what position I needed to hold in order to
make it to the victory.
And that day, I earned my second national title.
I apparently seemed stronger than even the U20 champions in the eyes of the national team coaches, so I was invited to a
qualification meet for the European Championships in Chia — to compare our performances directly with the older age group.
On that day, I left my lungs, my legs, and quite literally, my soul on the course. And it was totally worth it — I finished third,
making me the youngest member of the national team.
A month later, I received my first national team kit, and we were flying to Sardinia.
A DECISION
In Europe, I only realised how great my reserves were. Speed of the girls felt surreal to me. I saw it black on white that not
only talent, but years of effective specialized hard work are required in order to succeed in the world. And my performance wasn't
bad — in fact, I think I never ran faster than on these Europeans. But for the sake of ranking visible numbers, far more was
supposed to be done. So I left my triathlon team, kept travelling for trainings to the town nearby, ran 100km weekly, got weekly
physiotherapy sessions, attended regular testings, and the fruits came.
SWEET HEIGHTS
It was in the Elán athletic hall — demolished just a few years later — where I came to the call room absolutely confident. I knew
I was in shape to run the 3000m around 10:00. I was looking forward to the show starting, sitting upright and listening
to Coldplay’s Something Just Like This. I felt... ready to enter a great year.
Competing with Katarína Beľová, I finished in 10:01 — less than a second behind Katka, who won the race.
I felt as if I were flying during that race. I kept myself thoroughly focused on every lap, reminding myself I've got this....
I have had only a few moments in my career with this kind of absolute flow. Winning a week later at the junior championships in the 1500m
as well, we decided to make the most of the upcoming outdoor season — but unfortunately, excluding the thoughtfulness part.
🎤 TED-style talk on neurodiversity What if being different could be your greatest strength?
(Language: Slovak)
PANEL DISCUSSIONS (SK)
Women on the Autism Spectrum
I was invited to speak as a panelist on the occasion of World Autism Awareness Day, at an event organized by Modrá hliadka. Alongside two other women diagnosed with Asperger’s, we shared personal insights into what it means to navigate life as a masking woman on the spectrum, how we relate to the concept of motherhood, or whether it truly serves us to group all autism-related conditions under a single umbrella.
Painting and the Beauty of Mathematics
As a part of the Comenius University family in Bratislava, I was invited to speak in a panel discussion on the interconnection of art and mathematics, held on the occasion of the POHODA Festival in 2024. I excitedly shared the idea that both fields do serve as languages — one being emotionally-cognitive (art), and the other universal (mathematics).
On the extraordinary occasion of the opening of the new inclusive bookstore Prímerie in the vibrant cultural space of Nová Cvernovka in Bratislava, I was invited to join a panel discussion on the essence of neurodiversity, alongside Vera Štabrila and Aneta Rabadová, moderated by Martin Staňo.
Neurodiversity and Career
In early spring 2024, I was invited to take part in a thoughtful panel discussion hosted by UNION, alongside Hana Kamenistá and moderated by Oli Džupi, on how to approach neurodiversity in highly competitive career fields — with the aim of preventing burnout while still allowing individuals to reach their full potential.
ART EXHIBITIONS
Details Galéria Starý Avion, Bratislava, Slovakia – 2025 (solo exhibition)
LONDON CONTEMPORARY (14th ed.) ELEMENTS Contemporary Art Space, London, United Kingdom – 2024 (group exhibition)
The way of seeing the world PAKS Gallery, Vienna, Austria – 2024 (group exhibition)
SUPERNATURAL 2024 ELEMENTS Contemporary Art Space, London, United Kingdom – 2024 (group exhibition)
ECOmenius at Pohoda
Exhibition held as a part of Pohoda Festival, Trenčín, Slovakia – 2024 (solo)
Symbioses. Fine and modern PAKS Gallery, Heidenreichstein, Austria – 2024 (group exhibition)
Times Square showcase PLOGIX Gallery, New York, USA – 2024 (group exhibition)
So far yet so close. Art that unites PAKS Gallery, Munich, Germany – 2024 (group exhibition)
Numeri Nexum in lecture hall A
Permanent installation of Numeri Nexum at Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics of Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia – 2023 (solo)
AUTISTS-ARTISTS ARTFORUM, Bratislava, Slovakia – 2023 (group exhibition)
2025 – Cognition and Artificial Life, Piešťany Oral presentation: Diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome in Socially High-Functioning Individuals Based on Cognitive Load
2024 – MATFYZ Connections, Bratislava Poster talk: Invisible Spectrum Quotient: Moving Toward the Unfolding of Socially High-Functioning Asperger Syndrome
2024 – MEi:CogSci Conference, Bratislava Poster talk: Invisible Spectrum Quotient: Moving Toward the Unfolding of Socially High-Functioning Asperger Syndrome
2024 – Cognition and Artificial Life, Olomouc Oral presentation: Theory of Mind – Varying Substrates of Social Cognition
2023 – Students' Science Conference of FMPI CU, Bratislava Oral presentation: Fractal Dimension of the Fine Art Pieces
2019 – Vernadsky National Contest, Moscow Poster talk: The Star-Spangled Path of Circular
2018 – Festival of Science and Technology, Bratislava Poster talk: The Star-Spangled Path of Circular (Číslo π vo hviezdach)
PODCASTS (SK)
TV / MEDIA APPEARANCES
Section is under construction.
CONTACT
Bratislava, Slovakia
Phone: +421 948 688 311
Email:
alexandra.dyalee@mensa.sk
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